#C9986B#C9986B

#C9986B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.084 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9986B
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 107)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 46.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 12.76, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 33.28, 67.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0377 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.084 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9711, 35.9379, 18.8438)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9986B #6B9CC9

analogous

#C96B6D #C9986B #C9C76B

triadic

#C9986B #6BC998 #986BC9

tetradic

#C9986B #6DC96B #6B9CC9 #C76BC9

square

#C9986B #6DC96B #6B9CC9 #C76BC9

split-complementary

#C9986B #6BC9C7 #6B6DC9

monochromatic

#885B32 #B57942 #C9986B #D9B798 #EAD6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C9986B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C9986B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9986B

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9986B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9986B	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89B68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9986b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.084 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb696',
    500: '#c9986b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9986b;
$custom-light: #dcb696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9986b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.723,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.08427,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9986B

secondary

#B6C9DA

accent

#76BA2C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9986B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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